After a smoking ceremony at 5.30am, stakeholders and guests met outside the front door of the hotel at 9am for a welcome to country and ribbon-cutting followed by a toast inside the lobby.

Camera IconAfter a smoking ceremony there was a welcome to country and ribbon-cutting followed by a toast inside the lobby. Credit: Joanna Delalane / The West AustralianCamera IconRitz-Carlton’s 100th hotel is open in Perth. Credit: Ritz-Carlton

Ritz-Carlton Perth general manager Dario Orsini said the design that had been weaved into the material and fabric of the hotel was profoundly West Australian.

“This place is packed with homages to what Western Australia has to offer to the world,” he said.

“As soon as you walk into the Ritz-Carlton Perth, you know where you are.

“Everything that you will taste, see, feel and touch here is Western Australia.”